Solaris Zone Host Details dashboard

The Solaris Zone Host Details dashboard provides the capacity usage of the selected zone host. You can use this information to identify capacity-specific issues in the selected host.

Important

Do not make the dashboard editable by using the Make editable option in the dashboard settings. If you want to customize the dashboard, we recommend that you create a copy of the dashboard and customize it.

The dashboard displays the capacity usage trend in charts. The GIB, MIB, or TIB units specified in the charts are the same as GB, MB, or TB.

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To view the Solaris Zone Host Details dashboard

  1. Open BMC Helix Dashboards from BMC Helix Portal.
  2. From the navigation menumenu_icon.png, click Dashboards.
  3. Search for the Helix Continuous Optimization folder and select it.
  4. Click Solaris Zone Host Details.
  5. From the Host list, select a host to view its details.

You can also access this dashboard from the Solaris Zone Overview dashboard and the Solaris Dashboard.

The dashboard displays the following details of the selected host:

Configuration Details

Displays the configuration details of the zone host, such as hardware and CPU make and model, CPU cores, CPU threads, logical processors, real memory, and number of network interfaces.

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Summary

Displays the following summary of the CPU usage, memory usage, disk I/O rate, and network I/O rate of the host.

  • Bar gauges that show the percentage of CPU, memory, and real memory usage
  • Charts that show the usage trend of the following capacity parameters for the selected period:
    • CPU usage in percentage
    • Memory and real memory usage in percentage
    • Disk I/O rate
    • Network I/O rate

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CPU Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of CPU utilization and other CPU details.

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

vCPUs Configured - Top 10 Zones

Total number of virtual CPUs assigned to the top 10 zones in the host.

CPU_NUM

Processors Configured & vCPU Density

Number of logical processors that are configured in the host.

  • Total Virtual Processors: SUM (Zone CPU_NUM)
  • Host: CPU_NUM 
  • vCPU Density: Total Virtual Processors / Host CPU_NUM

Virtual CPU Utilization - Top 10 Zones

Average virtual CPU utilization of the top 10 zones.

For each zone: CPU_UTIL > Top 10 
Average virtual CPU_UTIL: SUM (Zone CPU_UTIL) / HOST GM_ON_NUM (line chart) 

Physical CPU Utilization - Top 10 Zones

Average physical CPU utilization of the top 10 zones.

  • For each zone Physical CPU Utilization: (Zone CPU_UTIL * Partition CPU_NUM) / Host CPU_NUM -> Top 10 + Other  
  • Host: CPU_UTIL

Processor States Breakdown

Percentage distribution of processor states.

  • Host:CPU_UTIL_SYSTEM 
  • Host:CPU_UTIL_USER 
  • Host:CPU_UTIL_IDLE 
  • Host:CPU_UTIL_WAIO

CPU Queue Length

Number of processes that are ready to be scheduled for the CPU time.

CPU_RUN_QUEUE

Memory Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of memory utilization and other memory-related details:

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

Memory Utilization

Memory usage (in percentage) of the host that is normalized by the total memory of the host.

Host.MEM_UTIL, Host.MEM_REAL_UTIL

Real Memory Usage

Total real memory usage (in GB) of the host.

The following metrics add up to TOTAL_REAL_MEM:

  • File System Cache: Host.MEM_CACHED 
  • Free Memory: Host.MEM_FREE 
  • System Memory: Host.MEM_SYSTEM
  • Process Memory: Host.TOTAL_REAL_MEM - (MEM_CACHED + MEM_FREE + MEM_SYSTEM)

Paging Breakdown

Total number of disk blocks that were paged in and out of memory per second.

  • Host:MEM_PAGE_IN_RATE 
  • Host:MEM_PAGE_OUT_RATE

Virtual Memory Config vs Used

Amount of virtual memory used out of total memory.

  • Host Total Virtual Memory: MEM_VIRTUAL_TOTAL 
  • Host Virtual Memory Used: MEM_VIRTUAL_FREE

Scan Rate

Number of pages that are scanned per second.

Host:MEM_PAGE_SCAN_RATE

Memory Utilization - Top 10 Zones

Percentage memory usage of the top 10 zones.

Top 10 Zone.MEM_UTIL

Disk Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of disk I/O rate and other details:

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

Disk I/O Rate

Average data (in MB) that is read from and written to the disk per second.

  • Host:DISK_READ_RATE
  • Host:DISK_WRITE_RATE

IO Rate - Top 10 Disks

Number of input and output requests that occurred per second.

Host:BYDISK_PHYS_IO_RATE

Transfer Rate - Top 10 Disks

Amount of data (in MB) that is transferred per second.

Host:BYDISK_TRANSFER_RATE

Disk Busy - Top 10 Disks

Percentage of the time that the disk was busy transferring data during the interval.

Host:BYDISK_UTIL

Queue Size - Top 10 Disks

Length of the physical CPU queue.

Host:BYDISK_QUEUE_SIZE

Disk I/O Rate - Top 10 Zones

Average rate of data transfer for the top 10 zones.

Top 10 Zone: DISK_TRANSFER_RATE -> Top 10 + Other (line chart)

File System Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of file system utilization and other details.

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

File System Utilization

Total file space usage (in percentage) by the zone.

Host:TOTAL_FS_UTIL

File System Usage

Amount of disk space (in GB) that is used by the file system. 

  • Host:TOTAL_FS_SIZE 
  • Host:TOTAL_FS_USED

Utilization - Top 10 File Systems

Total disk space utilization (in percentage) of a file system.

Host:BYFS_USED_SPACE_PCT

Size - Top 10 File Systems

Size of a file system.

Host:BYFS_SIZE

Write Byte Rate - Top 10 File Systems

Amount of data (in MB) that is written per second by a file system.


Read Byte Rate - Top 10 File Systems

Amount of data (in MB) that is read per second by a file system.


Network Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of network I/O rate and other details.

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

Network I/O Rate

Amount of data (in KB) that is sent and received per second through the network.

Host:NET_BIT_RATE

Input Bit Rate by Interfaces

Amount of data (in KB) that is received per second during the specified interval through the network.

Host:BYIF_IN_BIT_RATE

Output Bit Rate by Interfaces

Amount of data (in KB) that is sent per second during the specified interval through the network.

Host:BYIF_OUT_BIT_RATE

Input Packet Rate by Interfaces

Number of successful physical packets that are received per second during the specified interval through the network interface.

Host:BYIF_IN_PKT_RATE

Output Packet Rate by Interfaces

Number of successful physical packets that are sent per second during the specified interval through the network interface.

Host:BYIF_OUT_PKT_RATE

Error Rate by Interfaces

Number of input and output related errors that occur per second for each interface.

Host:BYIF_ERROR_RATE

Workload Profile

Displays charts that show the trend of CPU usage, memory usage, and response time of workloads.

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

CPU Utilization - Top 10 Workloads

Percentage of time the CPU was used by the workload during the interval.

W_CPU_UTIL for Top 10 workloads

Memory Utilization - Top 10 Workloads

Memory used by the workload. 

Workload.W_MEM_ALL/ DSD.TOTAL_REAL_MEM)*100

Response Time - Top 10 Workloads

Response time of the workload.

W_RESPONSE_TIME

Command Profile

Displays charts that show the usage trend of commands:

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

CPU Utilization - Top 10 Commands

Percentage of CPU used by an application.

BYAPP_CPU_UTIL

Number of Processes - Top 10 Commands

Number of active processes of an application. A process is active when it consumes CPU. 

BYAPP_ACTIVE_PROC

User profile 

Displays the trend of CPU usage and processes of users:

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The following table provides the parameter details and associated metrics:

Chart title 

Description

Associated metrics

CPU Utilization - Top 10 Users

Percentage of CPU used by a specific user.

BYUSR_CPU_UTIL

Number of Processes - Top 10 Users

Number of active processes of a specific user.

BYUSR_ACTIVE_PROC

 

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